PHYSICS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Centralisation, Closed System, Elton Mayo
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But also which behaviour is acceptable: centralisation: where are the decisions being made, with a few people high on the hierarchy centralised, with many people lower on the hierarchy decentralised. Organisation design: the construction and change of an organisation"s structure: you begin with a goal, decide how you want to get there and change the organisational structure to achieve the goal. Organisation theory: the discipline that studies the structure and design of organisations: organisations develop personalities called culture, organisations need to adapt to changes and need to know how to deal with activists. Organisational behaviour: a field of study that investigates the impact of individuals and small-group factors on employee performance and attitudes: the difference with theory is that this is within an organisation and a theory is macro- perspective. The theory is focused on how the organisation operates, behaviour is from the employees.
